This is just highlights not meant to be all inclusive!

Please remember many topics overlap.  Resources to study for you exam are your textbook and folder.

Things to KNOW:

Water: differences between chemical make up, location, properties, temperature, flora and fauna

Technology: uses and advancement

Explorers & Scientist: EX: Darwin, Ballard, Ponce de Leon, etc.

Invertebrates;zooplankton, sponge, echinoderms, mollusks, arthropods, annelida, nemertea, platyhelminthes

Protochordates/Hemichordates

Flora: phytoplankton, marine plants importance, examples of plants and grasses

Vertebrates:fish (Agnatha, Osteichthyes, Chondrichthyes), reptiles (Sea Snakes, Marine Iguana, Crocodiles, Sea Turtles), birds(shore birds, sea birds, diving birds), amphibians (a brief note about them), mammals (dolphins, whales(toothed vs baleen), seals, sea lions, walrus, polar bear)

Natural disasters:storms seeping

Human + & - influences: recreational, research, development